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Quick Reflexes by Lank

June 22nd, 2007 5:14 PM / Location: 34.150764,-118.3408

INSTRUCTIONS: Test a stranger's reflexes.

This task seems so simple, and yet I've been avoiding it. I've been avoiding it because the method of completion I had chosen has filled me with fear. For more explanation of that, please see Your Phobia.

So I went to the Taco Bell near where I work with my favorite cup - it has a drawing of Bela Lugosi as Dracula:

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And I set my trusty cell phone camera to Multi-Shot mode, so it would take several photos in quick succession.

I stood outside the main entrance. A car pulled into the parking lot. A man and a woman got out. As they approached the door, I said, "Excuse me - catch!" and I tossed the (empty) cup at them, while shooting away with the camera phone.

The man just watched the cup make an arc to ground behind him as he passed; the woman actually made an attempt to catch the cup, but didn't succeed. She was nice enough, however, to pick up and hand back the object which I had just lobbed at them. The man didn't even remove his hands from his pockets.

My assessment: If I had to be stuck in a physically perilous situation with one of these two, like in an Indiana Jones movie, I would pick her.

Sorry the photos are small and poorly framed. The camera only shoots small shots in Multi-Shot mode and I was so nervous while doing this, my hands were shaking.

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Excuse me...
Catch!
There it goes...
What was that?
Sorry!
How nice!
Here's your cup

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Where is the fear…
posted by Blue on June 23rd, 2007 1:43 AM

If I owned that cup it would be my favorite too!

What this task really needs is a nice animated GIF… one second…
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There!!!

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posted by anna one on June 27th, 2007 12:31 AM

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